St Kilda Football Club is on a yawa, a journey, and we stand together as one in red, white and black.

St Kilda Football Club has established a number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programs. The educational programs aim to provide young people with strategies, a deeper understanding and awareness which allows a better insight into culture.

We all have a role to play in improving mental fitness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through living in a more inclusive society.

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For over 150 years, our club has followed in the footsteps left behind by our elders who first walked the land. Together, we celebrate our proud culture as one.

Initiatives from this Program wish to introduce new education platforms to raise awareness of the ongoing effects of racism through storytelling, using lived experiences of sporting and non-sporting men and women. Program content will focus on mental fitness aligned and delivered for the key target audiences of students in years 5-12. The program will be a unique and highly effective tool that will not only make a difference in the Indigenous community, but for all future generations.

The ‘Point + be Proud’ Program, which will be delivered by Aboriginal facilitators in conjunction with the 'Head Space' program, will share actual recounts of incidents and the lasting effects that racism and bullying have on the receiver for life.

With real life stories and accounts of ways to help combat discrimination and the flow on effect to our mental health. Incidents don’t end in the moment. We are seeing tragic results daily as a result of mental ill-health. The program will explore the ongoing effects of racism, discrimination and bullying to our mental health - 10, 20 and 30 years after the initial incident.

Donate to our Indigenous Wellness Programs here

Individual and Corporate donors can support the delivery of Indigenous Cultural and Wellness Programs. Through St Kilda Football Club Foundation's fundraising partnership with the Australian Sports Foundation, donations to these vital programs are tax-deductible.

Funding raised will continue to improve the experience and enable facilitators to be trained to deliver targeted content into schools and sports programs.